New Caledonia vs Puerto Rico: Agriculture-driven deforestation

New Caledonia

148.26 hectares

in 2024

Puerto Rico

207.04 hectares

in 2024

New Caledonia rank

100th

Puerto Rico rank

97th

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

Puerto Rico currently reports 207.04 hectares against 148.26 hectares in New Caledonia, a difference of 58.78 hectares.

That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.4 times New Caledonia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Puerto Rico ahead.

New Caledonia ranks 100th and Puerto Rico ranks 97th of 187 countries.

Indicator: Agriculture-driven deforestation
Unit: hectares
Source: Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 187 places, 4,269 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Long-term, permanent tree cover loss for small- to large-scale agriculture.